Hunting boat



Jan. 24, 1925; 1,657,156

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A I UNITED sT TEs PATENT OFFICE.

FRED L. :enmr AND JOSEPH rarer, or rnnxzsns PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA.

- HUNTING BOAT.

Application filed February 21, 1927. Serial No. 169,997.

This invention relates to hunting boats and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a I boat of the character stated especially adapted to be used for hunting and recovering the shot game in marshes or swamps during the season in which hunting is permitted, under the laws, regulating the shooting of aquatic birds as for instance, ducks. A further object of the invention is to provide a boat of the character stated and especially adapted to beused for the purpose mentioned which is light in weight, .15 durable in structure, strongly built and capable of withstanding strains applied from all directions and means for reinforcing the end portions of the boat structure in order that the same may be forced over and into blocks of ice without subjecting the hull of the boat to the possibility of damage therefrom.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, the boat structure comprises a series of spaced ribs which are nested in a hull body, of light material, preferably sheet aluminum. At end portions of the body of the boat the ribs are extended across the hull above the floor and a top plate, serving as a cover, is so supported upon the said upper portions of the ribs. Batons are secured to the upper portions of these said ribs and serve as means for holding the upper portions of the ribs in proper spaced relation to each other. The cover plate is provided at its center with an elongated opening which is surrounded by an upstanding continuous, collar board which serves as a coaming for preventingwater from washing over the cover plate and entering the hull through the opening at the center of the plate. Oar lock socket locks are mounted upon the cover plate adjacent the collar board and maybe used for retaining car locks of usualform. Shoe plates are provided and may be applied to the end portion of the hull and disposed exteriorly thereof and which may serve as guards or fenders for preventing the end portions of the hull from coming in contact with the edges of blocks. or pieces of ice, thus afiording means for protecting the end portions of the hull against the cutting action of the ice when the boat is being moved or pro elled over or through frozen areas of mars or swamp.

In the accompanying drawing it Q Figure 1 1s a top plan view of the huntmg boat. Figure is a top plan View of the huntmg boat with the cover plate removed therefrom.

F1gure 3 is a longitudinal side elevatlonal view of the hunting boat with the iceguards applied and showing a portion of the body of the boat-broken away and parts thereof in section.

.Figure 4 is an end view of the hunting boat showing the ice-guard applied. As illustrated in the accompanying drawmg, the hunting boat comprises spaced ribs 1 arranged in a row, some of the ribs, name ly-those at the end portion of the boat structure, being extended transversely across the upper portion of the hull, to be described hereinafter, as at 2. The portions 2 of the end ribs 1 are connected together by batons 3 which are disposed longitudinally along the median longitudinal dimension of the boat structure. A hull 4 is applied to the exterior surfaces of the ribs 1, said hull being preferably of light material, as for instance, sheet aluminum. The hull plate constitutes the bottom and sides of the boat structure. A cover plate 5 is applied to the upper surfaces of the portions 2 of the end ribs 1 and bridges the space between the upper edges of the sides of the hull 4. The cover plate 5 is provided with an elongated centrally located opening 6 which is surrounded by an upstanding collar board 7. Seat strips .8 (see Fig. 3) are disposed across the intermediate portion of the collar board at the opening 6 and are secured as at 10 to the collar board 7. Oar locks 9 are applied to the outer surface of the plate 5 adjacent the outer surface of the collar board 7, and may be used for retaining oars (not shown). Hand grips 10 are applied to the ends of the body of the hull and may be used as means for carrying the boat.

Guard shoes 11, preferably of sheet aluminum, may be applied to the end portion of the hull and are secured thereto by means of straps 12 which are attached at their ends to i the guard plate and which extend over and across the end portion of the top plate 5 as thus indicated in Figures 3 and 4: of the drawing.

When the boat is being propelled'through open water the guard plate 11 need not be plates 11 maybe applied to the end portions or the 111111 and consequent-1y"they will pro- Beet the 111111 against damage and fro1r1 eo111- imin Contact with the edqes of the ice.

he boat is 1igl1tin iweig11t and dense:

quently may be easiry and quickly transported, over1and, from point to point and may he readi1y launched in the Water er rialren therefrom. The ribs are so disposed as to protect the 111111 against strain applied in all directions and consequently the heat when in the Water will remain steady and is s11itable for riding upon thesnrfaee in rough weather Withoutdiscomfort or handicap to the hoatman. 1

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

7 Ahoat eolnprising a 111111 plate, a series of spaced ribs nested in said hull plate and disposed transversely thereof, the ribs 01' said series being divided into intermediate and end groups, the ribs of the end groups having upper portions completely bridging the space between the edges of the 111111 plate the rihs o l' the intermediate group having 1111- wardly and inwardly disposed end portions at the edges of the 111111 plate, a cover plate joined at its edge with the edges of the 111111 plate and disposed over all of the ribs said cover platehaving a central opening the side edges 01' which are snhstentiall3," 1111511 with the end edges of the intermediate group of rihsuand the end edges of which are stantially flush with the side surfaces of the inner ribs of the end group of ribs.

In testimony whereof we 111112; 0111' signstures. 1

FRED L. FRIET. JOSEPHFRIET. A 

